Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2509, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purposes of this measure are:

During the 2001 regular session, legislation was enacted providing for increased penalties for persons who violate the law regarding parking for persons with disabilities. Your Committee finds that this measure is a logical extension of last year's amendments.

Your Committee finds that the access aisle adjacent to parking spaces reserved for a person with a disability is important to provide sufficient room to enter and exit vehicles parked in those spaces.

A person who illegally uses the access aisle inhibits use of that space to nearly the same extent as a person who illegally parks within the space itself. Therefore, your Committee fully supports this measure insofar as it prohibits parking in access aisles.

Your Committee also supports the provisions of this measure that provide an additional year for entities to comply with statutorily mandated signage requirements. Despite their diligence, many entities have had difficulty in placing signs on their property, and your Committee believes that an additional year is warranted.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2509, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.